Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Who is one inwardly (o en tw kruptw). Repeat Ioudaiov (Jew) here also, "the in the inward part Jew" (circumcision of the heart peritomh kardiav and not a mere surgical operation as in Colossians 2:11, in the spirit en pneumati, with which compare II Corinthians 3:3, II Corinthians 3:6). This inward or inside Jew who lives up to his covenant relation with God is the high standard that Paul puts before the merely professional Jew described above.
Whose praise (ou o epainov). The antecedent of the relative ou is Ioudaiov (Jew). Probably (Gifford) a reference to the etymology of Judah (praise) as seen in 49:8.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Romans 2:29:
John 1:47
John 5:44
John 5:47
Acts 7:51
1 Corinthians 4:5
1 Corinthians 7:19
Philippians 3:3
Colossians 2:11
2 Timothy 3:15
1 Peter 3:4
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